Online Computer Terms Dictionary - C

crunchy ==>

floppy disk

<hardware, storage> (Or "floppy", "diskette") A small, portable plastic
disk coated in a magnetisable substance used for storing computer data, readable
by a computer with a floppy disk drive. The physical size of disks has shrunk
from the early 8 inch, to 5 1/4 inch ("minifloppy") to 3 1/2 inch
("microfloppy") while the data capacity has risen.

These disks are known as "floppy" disks (or diskettes) because the disk is
flexible and the read/write head is in physical contact with the surface of the
disk in contrast to "hard disks" (or winchesters) which are rigid and rely on a
small fixed gap between the disk surface and the heads. Floppies may be either
single-sided or double-sided.

3.5 inch floppies are less floppy than the larger disks because they come in a
stiff plastic "envelope" or case, hence the alternative names "stiffy" or
"crunchy" sometimes used to distinguish them from the floppier kind.